What's the Plan? Designing Your Experiment

Natalie Hyde (author)

Description

It is essential that scientists design a plan to ensure their experiments are conducted accurately and safely. Readers will learn how to gather materials, and create a step-by-step procedure to test their hypothesis. Readers will become familiar with controls and variables in a scientific setting.

Reading Level

Lexile

811L

Fountas Pinnell Guided Reading

S

ATOS

5.2

DRA

40

Categories

Genre

Numbers & Concepts
Science & Technology

Interest Age

Ages 6-8
Ages 9-12

Subject

Science

Language

English (US)

Fiction/Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction

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